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Page 9
The book is in one sense still very close to us, but in some other senses very
remote. The context must be understood. And Orwell had taken a long time to
come to both his famous plain style and his final moralistic socialism. We must be
...
The book is in one sense still very close to us, but in some other senses very
remote. The context must be understood. And Orwell had taken a long time to
come to both his famous plain style and his final moralistic socialism. We must be
...
Page 23
If he exaggerated wildly, he did have a sense that something fundamental was
happening which went far deeper than the utilitarian need to pay some attention
to the home front as part of war strategy. And it is endlessly arguable whether the
...
If he exaggerated wildly, he did have a sense that something fundamental was
happening which went far deeper than the utilitarian need to pay some attention
to the home front as part of war strategy. And it is endlessly arguable whether the
...
Page 28
The sting of it is sometimes refreshing; sometimes it makes one very angry. For
Mr Orwell likes his friends no better than his enemies and in the name of common
sense is capable of exaggerating with the simplicity and innocence of a savage.
The sting of it is sometimes refreshing; sometimes it makes one very angry. For
Mr Orwell likes his friends no better than his enemies and in the name of common
sense is capable of exaggerating with the simplicity and innocence of a savage.
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| Title | The lion and the unicorn: socialism and the English genius Penguin twentieth-century classics Penguin Books |
| Author | George Orwell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2010 |
| Length | 123 pages |
| Subjects | › › England Great Britain Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism Social structure Socialism Socialism in Great Britain |
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